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extol, v.|ɛkˈstɒl, ɛkˈstəʊl|
Also 5–7 extoll(e.
[ad. L. extoll-ĕre, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + tollĕre to raise.]
†1. trans. To lift up, raise, elevate. Obs.
1549–62Sternhold & H. Ps. lxxxvi. 4 Unto thee Lord I extoll, And lift my soule and minde. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 96 He cannot..extol him selfe higher then the earth. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart. B iv b, A begger from the dunghill once extold, Forgets him selfe. a1625Beaum. & Fl. (Webster 1864), Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes. 1650T. Bayly Herba Parietis To Rdr., A fiery Charriot, able to extoll an Elias up to Heaven.
absol.1618Chapman Hesiod i. 9 Great Jove's will orders all; For he with ease extols, with ease lets fall. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 72 The newtrall point wherein its [the iron's] gravity just equalls the magneticall quality, the one exactly extolling as much as the other depresseth.
fig.1587Mirr. Mag., Bladud xiv, Our actes extoll our prayse aboue the skie. 1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. i. 233 Thy praise extold him to the skies.
†b. = sublime v.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 90 Such as are not easily sublevated..are to be extolled [L. sublimantur] in a Retort of very thick glass.
†2.
a. To lift up in dignity or authority; to uphold the authority of. Obs.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. xii. 209 This kinge.. shall extoll and preferre himself aboue all the goddis. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 5244 Cardinall, Kyng, or Empriour, Extolland thare Traditionis Abufe Christis Institutionis. 1570Act 13 Eliz. c. 2 §1 That no Person..shall..maintain, defend or extol the same usurped Power [of the see of Rome]. 1581Lambarde Eiren. ii. vii. (1588) 228 The Treason of extolling forein power.
†b. To ‘lift up’ with pride, joy, etc. Obs.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 88 b, Lest the multytude of reuelacyons sholde extoll hym, and make hym proude. 1609Bible (Douay) Ecclus. xxxii. 1 Have they made thee Ruler? be not extolled. 1664Flodden F. vi. 54 Because he vex'd our Land of late, Perchance his stomack is extold.
†c. To raise too high, make too much of; to exaggerate, boast of. Obs.
1494Fabyan Chron. v. cxl. 127 Walshemen extolle so hugely theyr blood & allyaunce..& regardyd so lytle the..lynyall dissent of the Saxons. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. v. 48 No persone can extoll the souerente Of her worthy and royall dygnyte. 1551Gardiner Explic. Cath. Faith 32 b, If man should then waxe proude and..extolle his owne deuotion in these ministeries. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 209 The Hors and Foot and the Sea⁓Souldiers..extoll'd every one their own hazards. 1796C. Marshall Garden. i. (1813) 1 The praise of gardening it is presumed can hardly be too much extolled.
3. To raise high with praise; to praise highly; to magnify.
1509Fisher Fun. Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 293 Whome my purpose is not vaynly to extol, or to magnifye aboue her merytes. 1582Bentley Mon. Matrones 47 S. John extolleth charitie in his Epistle. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 112/1 They..extoll'd your perfections to the heavens. 1683Brit. Spec. 18 Thou art a glorious Isle extolled and renowned among all Nations. 1712Addison Spect. No. 469 ⁋6 To find Virtue extolled, and Vice stigmatized. 1762J. Brown Poetry & Mus. v. (1763) 59 Strabo..highly extolls this Practice. 1879Froude Cæsar xxvi. 450 Some will extol you to the skies, others will find something wanting. |